diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6287b8da..8ae1d06e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ To clear the proxy option, you can use the command (note the empty value after t
 aicommits config set proxy=
 ```
 
+#### model
+
+Default: `gpt-3.5-turbo`
+
+The Chat Completions (`/v1/chat/completions`) model to use. Consult the list of models available in the [OpenAI Documentation](https://platform.openai.com/docs/models/model-endpoint-compatibility).
+
 ## How it works
 
 This CLI tool runs `git diff` to grab all your latest code changes, sends them to OpenAI's GPT-3, then returns the AI generated commit message.
diff --git a/src/commands/aicommits.ts b/src/commands/aicommits.ts
index eb457a7b..06bda6db 100644
--- a/src/commands/aicommits.ts
+++ b/src/commands/aicommits.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export default async (
 	try {
 		messages = await generateCommitMessage(
 			config.OPENAI_KEY,
+			config.model,
 			config.locale,
 			staged.diff,
 			config.generate,
diff --git a/src/commands/prepare-commit-msg-hook.ts b/src/commands/prepare-commit-msg-hook.ts
index 51799021..8444d510 100644
--- a/src/commands/prepare-commit-msg-hook.ts
+++ b/src/commands/prepare-commit-msg-hook.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export default () => (async () => {
 	try {
 		messages = await generateCommitMessage(
 			config.OPENAI_KEY,
+			config.model,
 			config.locale,
 			staged!.diff,
 			config.generate,
diff --git a/src/utils/config.ts b/src/utils/config.ts
index d3e0befe..94806dcc 100644
--- a/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
 import ini from 'ini';
+import type { TiktokenModel } from '@dqbd/tiktoken';
 import { fileExists } from './fs.js';
 import { KnownError } from './error.js';
 
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ const configParsers = {
 
 		return url;
 	},
+	model(model?: string) {
+		if (!model || model.length === 0) {
+			return 'gpt-3.5-turbo';
+		}
+
+		return model as TiktokenModel;
+	},
 } as const;
 
 type ConfigKeys = keyof typeof configParsers;
diff --git a/src/utils/openai.ts b/src/utils/openai.ts
index 59682c0c..e7dcf303 100644
--- a/src/utils/openai.ts
+++ b/src/utils/openai.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import https from 'https';
 import type { ClientRequest, IncomingMessage } from 'http';
 import type { CreateChatCompletionRequest, CreateChatCompletionResponse } from 'openai';
-import { encoding_for_model as encodingForModel } from '@dqbd/tiktoken';
+import { type TiktokenModel, encoding_for_model as encodingForModel } from '@dqbd/tiktoken';
 import createHttpsProxyAgent from 'https-proxy-agent';
 import { KnownError } from './error.js';
 
@@ -99,10 +99,9 @@ const deduplicateMessages = (array: string[]) => Array.from(new Set(array));
 
 const getPrompt = (locale: string, diff: string) => `Write an insightful but concise Git commit message in a complete sentence in present tense for the following diff without prefacing it with anything, the response must be in the language ${locale}:\n${diff}`;
 
-const model = 'gpt-3.5-turbo';
-
 export const generateCommitMessage = async (
 	apiKey: string,
+	model: TiktokenModel,
 	locale: string,
 	diff: string,
 	completions: number,